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Anthony, thank you for saying yes. I appreciate it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=2.0,9.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: No problem.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=9.0,11.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: And the first thing that I'm going to ask you to do is say and spell your name for me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=11.0,11.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: All right. Right now?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=11.0,20.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Mmm-hmm.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=20.0,20.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Hey, my name is Anthony Herron Jr. Sorry, A-N-T-H-O-N-Y. Last name is H-E-R-R-O-N, Junior. Or, everyone just calls me Flow. F-L-O-W.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=20.0,37.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Okay, great. And can you say—you know, we need permission to use this footage. So, if you can say I, Anthony \"Flow\" Herron, consent the Queens Public Library's use of this content?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=37.0,53.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: I, Anthony \"Flow\" Herron Jr., give the consent for Queens Public Library to use this footage.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=53.0,62.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Amazing. Thank you. So we're going to hop right in. How would you describe yourself?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=62.0,65.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: I'm just a young man, 30 years old out of Queens, New York, who's passionate about a multitude of things. And I'm very spontaneous. And when I think of things, I kind of just like to do it right away.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=65.0,83.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. And talk to me about, like, where, are you—you're from Queens, correct?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=83.0,89.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Yeah, I'm from St. Albans.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=89.0,91.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: St. Albans. Great. So, talk to me about how your family got to Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=91.0,97.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: I—well, I think my grandparents, my grandmother, she came from Tennessee, and that's on my dad's side. My mother's side, they came from North Carolina. And I guess they all had family over here already and they all just kind of migrated this way. So, both of my parents ended up being born here. My mother was born in the Bronx and my father was born in Queens, St. Albans as well. And yes, kind of that's their backstory right there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=97.0,128.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. Got it. And talk to me around like two of your fondest memories of growing up in Queens.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=128.0,136.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Just the, just like the camaraderie. Like, as far as everybody from Queens is pretty much knows each other. If you don't, like, you know somebody who knows somebody. I remember going to Martin Van Buren High School, and that was full of, like, some of the best memories. Like, even if it was like for the wrong things. I just remember having fun as a kid playing football. I played for the Bayside Raiders.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=136.0,161.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Yeah. Come on Bayside Raiders! Classic!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=161.0,163.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Yeah, I played—I was all throughout Queens as a child just doing any and every activity that my parents let me do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=163.0,175.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. And what would you say is different around, like, St. Albans than any other part in Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=175.0,181.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: St. Albans is different because it's like a mix of hood—it's like the hood with nice houses. I'll say that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=181.0,190.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=190.0,190.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: That's kind of what I always called it. Like, you can have a really—like, my parents have a big house, but you can walk outside and still deal with all the issues of, like, living in the hood. So like, it was kind of the best of both worlds. I guess you could put it like that. But, I love St. Albans.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=190.0,208.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. And talk to me around, you know, how you got involved with music.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=208.0,213.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: I was just always either, like, writing poetry or rapping or just—I always had a way with words. So, when I was eight, me and a bunch of my cousins from North Carolina, we had started a group and we were just, like, recording over cassette tapes and it was just fun. And I kind of, like, even when everyone else stopped rapping, I kind of just kept at it. And I started taking this seriously, like, around 16 or 19 years old. And I just kept going. I love doing it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=213.0,245.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. And what have you learned about being an artist that you can say you only really learn it when you choose to make that move?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=245.0,257.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: As far as support goes, you realize who really supports you. I've been fortunate enough to have a lot of genuine support, as far as having good feedback. And, I mean, just being an artist, you go through the ups and downs. You deal with the politics. You deal with the shadiness of some people. But for the most part, you just learn as you go, honestly. And you realize that there's a lot of interesting characters along the way. I mean, I'm sure you can learn that in any field, but it's just something about music where it's like ten times more dramatic.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=257.0,297.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. And what has—you know, can you share with me a little bit around the history of kind of like music in Queens?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=297.0,308.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: I'm not fully familiar with it, but I know, like, okay, for St. Albans, there's a little trestle by—it's like on Linden [Boulevard]—","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=308.0,317.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Yup!","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=317.0,317.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: —by a funeral home, and, like, it has a mural of all the famous artists that grew up at some point or another in Queens, in St. Albans in particular. Like, James Brown used to live over there. I don't know when, but he did.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=317.0,333.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: [laughs]","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=333.0,333.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Definitely lived in St. Albans. And like, I wish I could tell you more, but it's like a mural of at least seven to eight people that you would have never guessed lived right over here in Queens, whether it be briefly or for a long time. But it's clearly in the blood. I mean, I grew up around the corner from LL Cool J's grandma's house. Like, you could literally—I can show you her house. If this was on video, I could walk around the corner and show you her house. So, you know, I'm on Farmers Boulevard. So, he was right over here. Hollis is right there. You know, Run DMC, Russell Simmons, Jam Master Jay. Like, it's like in the blood. Like, every—it's very musical around here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=333.0,374.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Absolutely. Absolutely. And we're going to switch over to talk about COVID real quick. What—you know, how has COVID just affected you personally?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=374.0,385.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Honestly, personally, not too much only because I was—I'm an essential worker, so I didn't lose my job. I was still going to work every day. But as far as—it was more so just watching the transition of, like, places not being open, or most of my friends having to be home, and things of that nature. But as far as personally, it honestly really hasn't had that much of a toll on me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=385.0,412.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. Got it. And what have you seen—you know, as an essential worker, first, thank you for the work that you are doing. You know, how have you seen COVID take a toll, like, on Queens, period?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=412.0,428.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Deaths. I mean, unfortunately, it is a deadly disease for some people. So, I've definitely seen deaths, or heard of deaths, rather. People being severely sick, people being quarantined, people being in the hospital for months on respirators, and just people losing loved ones. I mean, we can't be too selfish. We could think, hey, we're young, we don't have nothing to worry about. If we get it, we quarantine for two weeks, we'll probably be fine. But you're not thinking about all these senior citizens, or people with weak immune systems who are getting it and passing away or getting it and having a terrible time at it. So, I mean, I've definitely seen and heard a lot of stories of that nature.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=428.0,475.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Indeed. Indeed. Indeed. And, you know, I think one of the beautiful things around kind of like COVID, which sounds nuts [laughs], but it's been our, you know, ability to really focus on the injustices that have been happening for generations to, specifically, like, Black and Brown people. Can you talk about, you know, what has your work looked like in activism during this time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=475.0,505.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: I mean, it woke a lot of people up. I've—I'll say this. I would protest in the past. I've gone to marches. I've done little things here and there, little sit-ins. And, the energy was always just—you get the people [who are all about] that life. But now, you get everybody because—I always say there's strength in numbers. I could bet you that some of these people who would come to protest, they are just tired of being inside. They need any excuse to come outside. That's why the numbers are so, like, crazy as far as these protests go. It's because you got a whole bunch of people with no job who were staying inside for four months, they are looking for any and every reason. But there is strength in numbers. So, we still appreciate those people, but that's kind of how COVID played into it. Like, people are more woke, people are more focused and they want to be outside for a reason.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=505.0,563.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. And, you know, talk to me a little bit around—I've done research just as far as like, you know, the work that you've been doing with standing in front of, or just surrounding that amazing woman's house and ensuring that, you know, she feels protected, her kids feel protected. Share with me around, like, how you found out about what was happening and why choose to do what you were doing?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=563.0,595.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: All right. So, it was Saturday, [July 11, 2020], and I just—somebody was, like, Tweeting about it. I guess it was a neighbor. They put up a picture of the door. If you don't know, the door has a big, big letter that's pretty much Jennifer illustrating what's been happening for the past two years, how she's been harassed, how she's been threatened, how they've been throwing dead animals and human and dog feces on her yard. So, I've seen it and my friend, he added me. He said, \"Hey, this is in Valley Stream. We should pull up.\" Because, you know, Queens [and] Valley Stream, ten minute drive, ten, fifteen minutes. So, I'm like, \"Give me an hour. I'm going to have this woman's name, her address, her phone number, everything.\" And then, lo and behold, 45 minutes—I kept, I just kept Tweeting that over and over and over—45 minutes later, the person who put the Tweet out, they DM'd [direct messaged] me, said, \"Hey, Jennifer made a Twitter page.\"","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=595.0,655.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: So, all right, I follow her. She followed me back. And then, we just exchanged cell phone numbers and we've been, like, texting ever since. And I was just like, hey, I'm only one person, but I can sleep outside of my car, outside of your house. I mean, in the beginning, she definitely was weary about it. Because, you got to remember, we don't know each other. We're strangers. We don't know any—I had not met her before July 11. So, and then the reason that I started to stay out there is because I started posting about the story. I guess it started to gain some traction, and then people started to figure out where the address was. So, people are literally texting me, sending me screenshots of themselves—I mean, not screenshots—selfies of themselves in front of the house. So I'm like, oh crap.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=655.0,701.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Like, because I'm figuring if I'm promoting this and people are figuring out the address, whatever happens to this woman is kind of on my hands. So, I left work. I was on my lunch break. I was only supposed to be out, like, 45 minutes. I took four hours and I just, I went there, and I just stayed with her. We were just talking, we became cool. I said, \"All right, I'm going to come back tonight and just, like, stay outside.\" And, you know, I would document everything, whether that be go live on Instagram or Periscope, or take pictures and Tweet. Like, I was constantly letting people know that I'm outside because this woman is going through this and no one seems to be doing anything. And after a while, you know, people started to reach out, whether it be my friends or people on social media, and say, \"Hey, I can come with you.\" Because, I was doing like six PM to six AM. I'm actually about to go over there, probably as soon as I get off of here. So, they've seen that I was out there for so long and by myself at the time, and it started to gain attention. The people were starting to say, hey, I'm going to come work this shift. I'm going to come this shift, that shift. And then eventually it just turned into like a whole thing of, like, protection.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=701.0,768.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. And what are you learning about community through this process?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=768.0,773.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: That some people are willing to help if they actually know what's going on, right? We have the rare—I say this all the time—we have the rare opportunity to stop somebody from being a hashtag. Usually racists, like, people like this, they don't give threats. They don't give you the opportunity to be aware of what's about to happen. So, they were threatening her, harassing her for two years. I mean, you got so many scenarios to where Black people didn't get a heads up. It just happened, right? They said they wanted to kill you, they killed you. This was a situation they kept talking, and I'm like, all right, now you're letting us know what you're about. Let's step in front of this before it gets any worse, before anyone's killed, before there is any kind of hashtag. We have the opportunity to stop that from happening. So, that's what really made me go out there. Like, okay, because the last thing I want to hear is about a story that we all were made aware of, did nothing, and then something happens to this woman. Like, that's on all of us and that's on the community as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=773.0,836.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Absolutely. And have you seen, like, any wins thus far? Like, yes, you are getting acknowledged because you are doing this work, but does she feel safer? Like, what has been her experience in this process so far?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=836.0,853.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: I mean, she feels safer when we're there, and that's kind of the issue. I mean, unfortunately, I can't, we can't be there 24 hours. Like, I still work a job. So I may do six PM to six AM, but then I go to work from eight-thirty AM to five PM. So it's like, I still, still trying to balance my regular everyday life. So, but yeah, hopefully right now we're just trying to put pressure on the people who make the laws and law enforcement, to say, hey, do your job. Like, we shouldn't be doing this, but we will if we have to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=853.0,887.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Indeed. Indeed. And what does success look like for you in that space?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=887.0,896.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: In this scenario, either an arrest, which I don't think is going to happen, honestly, they move, or—the only way, I would never want her to move out of fear. I want her to move because she'd have won so much money from whether it be the county, the police department, or the people, the racist people in general, that she can afford to take her and her daughter and live wherever they want. But, the only—the main failure I see is her moving out of fear. But, success? It's multiple ways this can be successful. I have about six ways that I never really go into detail about because I like to keep my strategy and everything to myself, but there's definitely a couple of wins in this scenario. But, we just have to wait and see how it plays out, honestly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=896.0,951.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Indeed. Yeah. Keep the cards close. Keep the cards close. Indeed.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=951.0,955.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=955.0,956.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: And, do you think people would be as interested in supporting, you know, supporting you, supporting her the way that they do if it wasn't for COVID?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=956.0,968.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: I don't know if it, maybe indirectly, but I don't think it's more so about COVID. I think it was just the—I feel like every couple of years we have a stretch where a lot of Black people die at the hands of racism or law enforcement. And, this happened like right at the tail end of us hearing about like three or four murders throughout the country, like, big-time murders. And this one is like, okay, like I said, let's not make this another. So, I think that plays a lot into it because even when we had the protests, a lot of people had Breonna Taylor signs, a lot of people had George Floyd signs, like, because it all comes together like that. So, I think that actually played more of a hand in this rather than COVID.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=968.0,1020.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. Got it. Got it. And, I don't want to keep you too long. Is there anything that, like, I didn't ask that you would love to talk about?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=1020.0,1028.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: Honestly, not really. Kind of covered all the bases because, like I said, I do music. But I've been making it my full intention to make all my intentions pure. I haven't talked about music at all and, like, I won't until all of this is finished because I would hate for people to think that, like, I'm using this woman's pain to promote myself. So, like, this might be like the seventh interview and they say, oh, hey, you're an artist, like, plug something. I don't really want to. But, there is music and whenever all of this is done, when this is all completely done, you'll definitely be aware of it. But right now, the focus is Jennifer, and I'm [helping her see justice].","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=1028.0,1078.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Syreeta Gates: Got it. That's perfect. I'm going to stop the recording real quick.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=1078.0,1082.0"},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207/transcript/81786/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Anthony Herron: All right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/943/collection_resources/154041/file/283207#t=1082.0,1083.104"}]}]}]}